Engineering360: "Algae-based material creates biodegradable flip flops"

"Flip-flops are a huge source of waste at landfills." Really?

If you purchase good ones, they can last a long time and not end up in landfills. The pair I have (used every day as slippers and at the beach and camping) are over twenty years old. The straps are a heavy braided nylon strap covered with strips of leather suede for 'traction' on the foot so they stay put.

I have a trash waste trash can, a green waste trash can, a recyclable waste trash can and will soon be getting a flip flop trash can.

I don't know, but it seems counterproductive to create a whole new bureaucracy to recycle old flip flops rather than stopping the production of flip flops in the first place.